This week in shopping...

Okay, I promise not to do this every week. Maybe. But I am having so much fun "bargain shopping" for my new house. The funny thing is, unlike most women, I am not a shopper. I prefer to go look for what I need, not just browse the racks/shelves for hours on end. I've never been all that into decorating any house I've lived in, but for some reason, this time has been different. Here are this weekend's purchases!

Let me start by saying, remember my cute historic downtown home? Well, the whole neighborhood is having a big yard sale this weekend and that's where I got a lot of this stuff. It made me kind of sad, though. I miss living there, but I may carry on about that more in another post!

First of all, my favorite piece! I walked up to a house and the wife told me that if I bought this chair for $30, she'd throw in her husband who was sitting in it. I offered $20 and told her to keep her husband as I am not quite ready for one of those. A deal was made and I now have this huge comfy chair. It's not actually white, more of a cream color, but I LOVE it. I do not have a sofa, currently, and was almost on the verge of buying a really ugly one out of desperation. Not only will I be able to use this chair no matter what my decor, I can use it in place of a sofa for a few weeks until I find a sofa I really like (and please excuse picture quality):


At the same place, I bought this picture for $5.00. It's really big and will hang in my living room - I'm doing green/black/natural colors with maybe some splashes of red in there and it seems like I'm finding so many perfect items for it.


The other piece of furniture I bought was also $20 and it definitely needs some work! I have a ton of books and have been searching desperately for ways to store them without packing them up. I've seen so many blah bookcases, but when I ran across this, I had to have it! It's pretty old and handmade and just really unique looking. The door need new hinges and don't worry, I'm definitely repainting it another color - black or dark dark green.

The big sliding glass door in my bedroom was in desperate need of curtains and I think I've mentioned, I'm doing sort of a red, white, and mostly blue nautical thing in there. I don't know that I love these curtains but they were $8.00 for enough to fit that door and the window that's in there, and they will work without looking awful until I find something else...or who knows, I may end up liking them. This is what they look like:


Just a few other odds and ends I got:

These metal candle holders were $1.00

I got these three picture frames for $3.00 total:


I bought this old (or made to look old) tin sign for 50 cents:

This shower curtain was $4.00 - not sure if I'm going to use it or not, yet. My last bathroom was blue and white, but I thought this was pretty.

So, I thought I did pretty well. I'd like to have the house decorated by August/September. I plan to be there two years while I finish my teaching certification, unless I get a great job somewhere else or somehow can afford the $350,000 house up the street from my old one!

I also bought several books for myself, yesterday, but figured I'd spare you the list. I bought some really pretty curtains but those were retail, not "bargain" and I have my eye on these two really pretty rugs at Old Time Pottery, but they are $80, so that might not happen until my next pay day! I guess shopping can be fun after all!